https://flipnews.co.uk/topics/gulf-cup/ The latest Flip News stories on gulf cup. en-GB Wed, 30 Sep 2026 15:21:59 GMT https://flipnews.co.uk/sport/oman-gulf-cup-drawing-of-lots-semis/ https://flipnews.co.uk/sport/oman-gulf-cup-drawing-of-lots-semis/ Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Oman and Iraq finished Group A of Gulf Cup 27 identical on every tiebreaker — points, goals, head-to-head and discipline — so a midnight draw of lots at a Jeddah hotel sent Oman through as runners-up behind Saudi Arabia, while Graham Arnold protested that Iraq's superior FIFA ranking should have decided it. Tom Ellery gulf cup oman iraq football sport Shafaq News